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Coaching Skills Matter for Educational Leaders

Gain insights on effective communication, coaching in building staff capacity, and the power of coaching for implementing standards. Learn about active listening, powerful questioning, and paraphrasing skills with practical applications.

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Coaching Skills Matter for Educational Leaders

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  1. Coaching Skills Matter for Educational Leaders Maryland State Department of Education Division of Instruction MD College and Career Readiness Conference 2014

  2. Outcomes • Practice and apply effective communication skills • Gain understanding of role of coaching in building capacity in staff to implement the College and Career Ready Standards • Experience the power of coaching;

  3. Why the Brain Needs Coaching • The brain hardwires everything it can! • Perception is driven by hardwiring. • Changing old wiring is hard • Creating new wiring is easier and the role of a coach

  4. Coaching Mentoring Coaches hold the belief that the person being coached is competent and capable of generating their own solutions to their goals. Mentors guide from his/her own experience. The purpose of mentoring is for mentors to share their expertise with novices, to help novices feel comfortable and secure. Both require excellent listening skills.

  5. Mentoring & Coaching Continuum

  6. The Listening Gap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPDQgaDiDJE Russ Peterson explains why active listening is difficult.

  7. Coach as Communicator • Active listening • It is impossible to overemphasize the immense need of human being have to be really listened to • Powerful questioning • Direct communication

  8. Directions * Read the handout on Unproductive Patterns of Listening. * Note any that you currently use. • Discuss the noted items with group and have • each group report out examples. • How can you change these patterns?

  9. Assess your listening • Complete Effective Communication self-evaluation • Score the results • Complete the Assessment • of Listening Qualities • Share with your partner

  10. Pay attention to verbal/nonverbal cues Set Aside Unproductive Patterns Listening Handle Distractions Listening Paraphrase Skillfully Value Silence Listen without obligation to act

  11. Mark Twain Says It Best… “If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.”

  12. Paraphrasing Three types of paraphrasing - Acknowledging and clarifying - Summarizing and organizing - Shifting conceptual focus

  13. Practice Paraphrasing Skills

  14. ICF Coaching Components • Creating the Relationship and establishing trust • Communicating Effectively • Creating awareness • Planning and goal setting • Designing actions • Monitoring progress • Celebrating

  15. Practice in Coaching Triads • Establish coaching groups • Review the norms and procedures • Designate roles • Decide on the type of coaching using the Sample Language Handout • ENJOY THE POWER OF COACHING

  16. What are your Take Aways? • Turn to a partner and • Tell him/her a discovery, new learning or a surprise • Share one thing that you are going to commit to using • Be prepared to share out with the group

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